Rocky Mountain National Park budget cuts limit visitor fun

Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park (Darekk2/Wikimedia Commons)Grand Lake town manager David Hook knows that the weather along the roadway bringing tourists into the city can't be controlled, cleaning up after storms is paramount to his city's success.The small town sits at the western entrance to Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park and its tourism industry depends heavily on snowplows clearing the famed Trail Ridge Road that stretches 48 miles through the park and connects to the eastern park …